A Star Falls Silent: Tim Anderson's Retirement Reveals Baseball's Dark Side Tim Anderson's decision to retire at 33 has sent shockwaves through the baseball world, leaving fans and analysts wondering what drove one of the game's brightest stars to abandon ship.
On the surface, his retirement seems like a straightforward case of burnout – he'd had a long and grueling career.
Anderson himself revealed a disturbing trend in modern professional sports: players are no longer able to derive joy from their craft.